Gate valve



E. D. WEST-RIP March 30 1926.

GATE VALVE Filed Jan. 16, 1925 rraB/vm Patented Mar, 30, 1926.

UNITED. STATES! rsvaas,

EDWARD n. WESTRIP, oFfroiv'IoNA, CALIFORNIA, AssIeNoR fro TIIEroI/ICNA MANU- FACTURING COMPANY, A CORPORATION or CALIFORNIA. f f

T0 all whom` it may Concern;

, lSeveral types of gate valves are -now em,-

' ployed for this purpose, one of which yconi- ,control offlow of water through irrigationl l prises va plate ground to fit the valve seat and which plate is slid across the valve seat vided with a circular gasket which is intend f ed to form a tight seal between the closure plate and the valve seat. It has beenfound difficult to maintain a tight Closureby the use ofthe iirst named valve, while with the vgasket type valve, the sliding engagement of the closure plate with the :seat thereofv causes the disruption of the ygasket, and .consequent leakage thereof. y

It is an object of my invention to provide a gate valve in whichthe closure plate thereof is lowered into a position beforethe val-ve seat, but is spaced away from the valve seat during its movement into position before the valve seat, and is then moved into engagement with the valve seat in a direction sub stantially perpendicular to the plane of the valve seat. y By this construction, it is possible to employ a gasket whereby a perfect seal may be attained,without subjecting the gasket to sliding Contact with the valve seat. v rlhe particular advantages 0f the" invention and further objects thereof will be made evident hereinafter.

Referring to the drawing, which is illustrative purposes only,

Fig. 1 is a sectional elevational view illustrating one application to which my invention is particularly suited.' .n i Fig. 2 is an enlarged face view of the gate 'A valve shown in Fig'v1 n l i p Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken upon the :for

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planeirepresentd,bythe lineB-S of Fig.` 2

showing the yclosure. plate [of the valvey in position before the seat thereof previous to the movement of the -closureplate intose'aling engagement with the seat. f f f i Figp is a section similar to Fig. 3, showing the closure plate in sealing position upon the valve seat.

Fig. 5 is a bottom piani' View of Fig.

Fig. 6 isan'enlarged View showingin detail the constructionof the bellcrank em? ployed in the device.HV n l p, In the application of myinvention to the systems.A such as. employed gin orchards, the gate valve 11 islocatedin Aa basin 12 into which conduits 14 and l5 are connected. The basin 12 generally consists of a :stand pipe composed ofy sections of concrete `pipe 16, andthe inlet and outlet laterals 14 andl 15 are comprisedof concrete pipes laidunder the surface of the kground asshown. Although Fig. 1 .shows al basin 12 having one ber of outlets through which'thelwater is distributed to various yparts ofthe orchard;

Vinlet and one outlet thereto, itis customary The'gate valve, as shown in the following figures ofthe drawing, consists essentially of a cast frame 2 0 which 1s securedover the .mouth of the lateral 1,5as-indicated at `in Fig. l, and is provided with an opening 22' vtherein having `an lupstanding flange 1 forming a valve seat 23; a carriage 25 which is slidably supported upon parallel'vertical slides 26 of the casting `20; a,closur`e plate 28 supported byv the carriage in: v'suchf it, :may kbe employed shown closure plate 28 laterally into. engagement opening-22 byraising the carriage 25 inthe f slides 26; and means .3U-for moving/thev withthe seat 28 or awayf'rom 'the seat 23 as f desired.

The carriagev 25 comprisingan Hv casting having extending legs 32, which are slotted' at 33 to engage the slides 2 6, and has a central opening 34 across which thesoifew 35 of the operating mechansmo extends and in Vwhich opening Set the verticallyl movable block 37 is situated. The closure plate 28 has formed upon the back thereof a pair of outstanding lugs 40 having parallel faces 4l which extend between the outer ends 42 of the legs 32, thuspreventing an upward or downward movement of the closure plate relative to the carriage 25 and providing means whereby the Vclosure plate 28 may be slid laterally with respect to the carriage 25. Extending inwardly from the cross bars 43 of the carriage 25 are lugs 44 between which the bell crank 45 is mounted upon pin 46. The bell crank has the'laterally extending arm 47 thereof in the form of forks 48 which extend outwardly on each side of the block 37, which is threaded upon the screwV vertical arm 52 rests in a vertical slot 55.

vA channel 57 is formed around the edge vof the closureplate as shown in Figs. 3 and 4 in which channel a circular gasket member 58 is placed, this gasket being preferably formed of impregnated braid or rope. lVhen the screw 35 is rotated by means of the handle 60, which lextends upwardly within the basin l2 and is'joined with a screw by means'of a sleeve 6l, the block 37 may be moved upwardly or ydownwardly, depending upon the direction of rotation of the screw 35. The vertical movement of the block 37 is transferred through the outwardly extending pins to the lateral arm 47 A'of the bell crank, thus causing the bell crank to swing upon vthe shaft 46 and the lower end 4of the arm 52 of the bell crank 45 to Vswing through .a lateral arc and to move the closure plate 28 in a horizontal plane. Therefore, it'will be Lseen that by suitably rotating` the screw 35, through the operation ofthe handle 60., it is possible to move the block 37 Adownwardly with the result thatthe bell crank 45 is so rotated upon the kshaft 46 that the closure plate 28 will be slid against the seat 23 ofthe valve as shown in Fig. 4.

Then it 'is desired to open the valve, the

screw is rotated in the opposite direction' causing the closure plate 28 to be moved away from the seat 23 into the position apart therefrom, shown in Fig. 3, whereupon the carriage 25 may be lifted in the slides 25 and the closure plate thus lifted into the position4 `indicated by the dotted v'lin-es 70 in Fig. 3 Ientirely clear of the open- Stops 71 are provided at the lower ing 22. ends of the slides 26 so that when the carriage is lowered in the slides, these stops will bring the closureA plate int-o alignment before the opening. A vertical rotation of the plate 28 through aplane perpendicular to the face thereof is preventedV by the engagement of the parallel faces 4l of the outwardly extending lugs 40 with the ends 42 ofthe legs 32.

rlhe particular advantage of my invention is thatl by its use all :sliding contact of the closure plate .28 with the valve seat 23 is eliminated, owing to the means providing for the lateral movement ofthe closure plate into engagement with the seat 23. vBy this arrangement, a gasket may be employed so that a perfect closure of the opening is attained with the result that leakage of' the valve is effectually prevented. lt is highly vdesirable to employ gaskets, 'as where the Contact of metal plates is depended upon for closure vof a valve, the entrance of sand or other foreign particles between the closure plate and the valve seat Apreventsperfeet closure thereof.

I claim as my invention:

l. In a gate valve of theclass described, the combination of: a valve seatg. a Ycarrier Comprising an H-oasting adapted Ato be moved into position in front of said valve seat; a closure element supported upon said carrier `and movable thereupon between pairs of guides extending in a direction substantially perpendicular to the face of said valve seat; and means, comprising a lever 'actuatable Vbyfa vertically movable block, for sliding said closure element, on`

said perpendicular,guide, into enga-gement with `said valve seat.

2. A gate valve, as defined in cla'im'll,"A in which said means includes a bell crank lever member engaging said closure element having one arm thereof in engagement with said closure element, said block being screwactuated 'and carrying pins engaging the other larm of said bell crank.

5. In a gate valve ofthe class described,

the combinati-on 'oft a valve seat; a slide extending parallel to the face of .said valve scat;l a carrier slid-able upon said slide into positionv in front of said valve seat; a closure plate supported upon said carrier, said closure plate having sliding engagementwith said carrier which permits the movement of said closure Vplate in a direction perpendicular to the face of said valve seat; a lug extending from the backv of said 'closure` plate having an opening therein; a bell crank mounted upon sai-d carrier, said bell crank having a plate operating armand a forked arm, said plate operating arm being in engagement with said slot in-said projection uponthe back of said closure plate; a screw turnably mounted 1n said carrier,

- the axis ofsaid screvsr being disposed parallel to the faceof said valve seat; a block threaded upon the said screw having engagement with the forked arm of said bell crank for swinging said bell crank so as ythis 10th day of January, 1923.

to move said closure'plate in la direction perpendicular to the face of said valvel seat; and a handle for revolving said screw. In testimony Iwhereof, I have hereunto set myv hand at Losy Angeles7 California,

l EDWARD D. WESTRIP. 

